The scene of the accident this morning (Sept 15). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A Ukrainian woman was killed and three other people were injured after an ice delivery truck spun out of control on Thepkrasattri Rd this morning (Sept 15). The truck, a converted pickup truck with a ‘cold box’ fitted on the back, crossed the central reservation and ploughed head-on into oncoming traffic on the other side of  the road.

 

Lt Chanita Boonyanuwat of the Thalang Police was called to the scene, on the southbound lanes of Thepkrasattri Rd in front of Wat Tha Ruea, in Srisoonthorn, just before 7:30am.

 

Police together with Kusoldharm rescue workers arrived to find a calamity of an accident scene.

 

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/ukrainian-woman-killed-as-ice-delivery-pickup-wipes-out-81411.php

 

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Pouring rain , pickup out of control .............nothing new here then.

6 minutes ago, toofarnorth said:

Pouring rain , pickup out of control .............nothing new here then.

Pesky  wet  roads, thank god a  total idiot wasnt at the wheel......oh

The Ice Man Cometh.......

 

Pretty sure these are not refrigerated, as the all the drivers of these vans drive like maniacs.

 

I guess they are under pressure not to let the ice melt.

Theerawat told police that it was raining while he was driving on the northbound lane of the road. He overtook another pickup truck, a manoeuvre that saw him lose control of the ice delivery truck he was driving

 

 

Says  it  all, sadly  hell  be back out today doing EXACTLY the same thing.....over and over  and over

Sad, very sad. She was just 30 years old and not even riding on the same side or direction. Life wiped out in a moment. RIP, and hope some young child has not lost a mother.

RIP to the unfortunate lady.

 

Was she in one of the cars or on the motorcycle? 

13 minutes ago, cheapcanuck said:

RIP to the unfortunate lady.

 

Was she in one of the cars or on the motorcycle? 

Don't want to spoil it for you, there is a link.   

Goes to show how dangerous scooters are. Had the Ukrainian woman rented a car instead she'd be alive.

I wonder if the owner of the company will compensate the family of the deceased in a meaningful amount ? I wont hold my breath

10 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

Theerawat told police that it was raining while he was driving on the northbound lane of the road. He overtook another pickup truck, a manoeuvre that saw him lose control of the ice delivery truck he was driving

One of the problems with these so called ice-trucks is they get overloaded, they seem to forget or not realise that water (or frozen water in this case) is heavy, you see it every day with overloaded trucks such as these or motorbike with sidecars heavily overloaded and difficult to control.

Speeding again...

 

CCTV footage showed that the ice delivery truck was travelling at speed on the wet road and had swerved to avoid colliding with a white pickup truck that had just made a U-turn. 

The CCTV footage showed that at slower speeds the ice delivery truck would have had ample time to avoid any collision with the white pickup that had just completed the U-turn.

Then again, it could have been worse. 

 

13 hours ago, Will B Good said:

The Ice Man Cometh.......

 

Pretty sure these are not refrigerated, as the all the drivers of these vans drive like maniacs.

 

I guess they are under pressure not to let the ice melt.

Strange, I cannot find any reference to the truck being refrigerated in the story. Where did you see that?

12 minutes ago, Seismic said:

Strange, I cannot find any reference to the truck being refrigerated in the story. Where did you see that?

That's because he's assuming it wasn't and he's more than likely correct.

JAFO!

Causing a death by reckless driving, He should go straight to jail followed by a 10 year ban but he's probably out driving again today and until Thailand gets tougher on this it will continue

3 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

Speeding again...

 

CCTV footage showed that the ice delivery truck was travelling at speed on the wet road and had swerved to avoid colliding with a white pickup truck that had just made a U-turn. 

The CCTV footage showed that at slower speeds the ice delivery truck would have had ample time to avoid any collision with the white pickup that had just completed the U-turn.

Fully agree, but it also seemed from the video I saw on the news this morning that the driver did not attempt to slow down in the slightest but simply moved the steering wheel sharply to change lanes.  With an unstable load like ice, which will not be 'tied down', that will cause the weight to shift rapidly from one side to another and the rear wheels to lose grip before the pickup spins off as happened.

Moronic driving of the highest order.

1 hour ago, lesmac said:

Causing a death by reckless driving, He should go straight to jail followed by a 10 year ban but he's probably out driving again today and until Thailand gets tougher on this it will continue

When that happens, it will be very quiet on the road.

15 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

Theerawat told police that it was raining while he was driving on the northbound lane of the road. He overtook another pickup truck, a manoeuvre that saw him lose control of the ice delivery truck he was driving

 

 

Says  it  all, sadly  hell  be back out today doing EXACTLY the same thing.....over and over  and over

Yesterday I had to tell a driver to slow down.

 

Heading to Phuket Airport, it had been raining all morning, roads very wet, the grass on the central reservation had be cut, grass was all over the right most lane. The right most lane also had plenty of puddles. 

 

None of this prevented the driver from attempting to overtake another car which was already travelling at a reasonable speed. 

 

The driver appeared not to recognise any hazard in overtaking another car into puddled water with grass cuttings all over the wet road.

 

Some of these idiots simply do not recognise or have any comprehension of the dangers.

 

Even after an accident they can’t accept fault and blame a ‘wet road’... Utter morons.

 

 

In this case (of the article) a lady has lost her life because of an utter idiot. People need to be jailed for their carless actions. 

 

This is not an accident. That the driver did not indent to hurt anyone doesn’t make it an accident, it makes the driver negligent, it makes the driver a ‘dangerous driver’. Driver need to start facing the consequences of their actions so that ‘other drivers’ learn that their actions have consequences and moderate their behaviour accordingly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CCTV footage showed that the ice delivery truck was travelling at speed on the wet road and had swerved to avoid colliding with a white pickup truck that had just made a U-turn.

 

And there you have it. The three things that cause most accidents in Thailand condensed into one sentence. What could possibly go wrong.

14 minutes ago, Peterphuket said:

When that happens, it will be very quiet on the road.

Oh really maybe you have no clue how many Thais are on the road or are thinking that there ar far more then 30k deaths in traffic a year. Even if you assume that each accident involves 2 people and each accident its the fault of the surviving side you will only remove around 30k drivers. That is a drip compared to the number of drivers.

 

Not denying that it would help but your overstating things a bit.

14 hours ago, Tanomazu said:

Goes to show how dangerous scooters are. Had the Ukrainian woman rented a car instead she'd be alive.

Yes it does show that and guess what i own a car and a scooter I use the scooter far more. I know its dangerous but it just has too many other advantages. Cars might be ok in the boonies but not in cities with motorbikes / scooters will save you at least 70% of time and frustration. 

 

To each his or her own I would not do it any other way.

Riding a bike here is akin to indulging in an extreme sport.

2 hours ago, Seismic said:

Strange, I cannot find any reference to the truck being refrigerated in the story. Where did you see that?

"The truck, a converted pickup truck with a ‘cold box’ fitted on the back..."

 

Not clear whether the "cold box" was "refrigerated" or just "insulated", but presumably it was one of those enclosures with thick silver walls that are fitted onto trucks delivering chilled or frozen goods.

2 hours ago, Seismic said:

Strange, I cannot find any reference to the truck being refrigerated in the story. Where did you see that?

It is an ice delivery truck.

 

I am guessing that in this climate ice tends to have quite a short life time and these trucks are too small (and cheap) to refrigerate their goods.

 

Hence the JOKE they have to drive like maniacs...(before it melts....yes?)

Is there a lot of 30 year old Ukrainian women in Phuket ? I wonder what she did.

At the market yesterday, I was chatting with a lady selling jeans, when a lady just drove up to park inside the market, on the phone. I pointed out that this type of dangerous foolishness is made legitimate and legal, due to the inaction of police on the roads. I told her that in my country, people would tell her straight that what she is doing is illegal, dangerous and reckless, and endangers people, and particularly kids playing close by.

I was telling her that it was strange that there is no pressure from society to stop this behavior.

And, priceless, she replied that if anyone dared to condemn this behavior, they would be the ones considered as bad people...

 

Looks like if it is not someone shooting people on the sidewalk while driving, then it must be ok...

 

2 minutes ago, Andre0720 said:

At the market yesterday, I was chatting with a lady selling jeans, when a lady just drove up to park inside the market, on the phone. I pointed out that this type of dangerous foolishness is made legitimate and legal, due to the inaction of police on the roads. I told her that in my country, people would tell her straight that what she is doing is illegal, dangerous and reckless, and endangers people, and particularly kids playing close by.

I was telling her that it was strange that there is no pressure from society to stop this behavior.

And, priceless, she replied that if anyone dared to condemn this behavior, they would be the ones considered as bad people...

 

Looks like if it is not someone shooting people on the sidewalk while driving, then it must be ok...

 

Sounds about right......not allowed to admonish anyone for anything...bad form, plus you might get stabbed or shot.

 

Wife goes ballistic if I start to kick off about anything......she is mortified.

3 minutes ago, Andre0720 said:

At the market yesterday, I was chatting with a lady selling jeans, when a lady just drove up to park inside the market, on the phone. I pointed out that this type of dangerous foolishness is made legitimate and legal, due to the inaction of police on the roads. I told her that in my country, people would tell her straight that what she is doing is illegal, dangerous and reckless, and endangers people, and particularly kids playing close by.

I was telling her that it was strange that there is no pressure from society to stop this behavior.

And, priceless, she replied that if anyone dared to condemn this behavior, they would be the ones considered as bad people...

 

Looks like if it is not someone shooting people on the sidewalk while driving, then it must be ok...

 

What country are you from ? While in my country the police would take action maybe some people would take videos for proof but not many would go for the direct confrontation as that can end not well. This is in the Netherlands its not that violent over there but road rage does happen and people have been killed and beat up after commenting over the driving of a car. 

 

I would think there are not many countries where the people would actively engage others on their driving out of the risk for violence.

4 minutes ago, robblok said:

What country are you from ? While in my country the police would take action maybe some people would take videos for proof but not many would go for the direct confrontation as that can end not well. This is in the Netherlands its not that violent over there but road rage does happen and people have been killed and beat up after commenting over the driving of a car. 

 

I would think there are not many countries where the people would actively engage others on their driving out of the risk for violence.

Driving through the Netherlands last year.

 

A car in the middle lane forced the car behind to stop, then all four occupants of the car in front got out to confront the driver.....and this was in very fast moving traffic.

 

Really scary.